Interpersonal Forgiveness among Kuwaiti Adolescents and Adults

Ramadan A. Ahmed, Fabiola Azar and Etienne Mullet
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Ramadan A. Ahmed: Kuwait University Kuwait
Fabiola Azar: Social Sciences Institute Antelias, Lebanon
Etienne Mullet: Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes France, etienne.mullet@wanadoo.fr

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2007, vol. 24, issue 3, 159-170

Abstract: The willingness to forgive was examined in a sample of 517 Kuwaiti citizens, aged 12 to 55 years. Participants were instructed first to read a certain number of stories (in which a harmful act was committed against a child) and then to express their willingness to forgive in each case. The stories included four factors: intent to harm, religious proximity, presence/absence of apologies, and cancellation of consequences. A high level of willingness to forgive was observed among the Kuwaitis studies, irrespective of participants' age and gender. The impact of the religious proximity factor was limited to a very small fraction of the sample.

Keywords: forgiveness; apologies; Kuwait (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1080/07388940701468385

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